Ash sifter



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OTTO MIEYER, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

ASH SIFTER.

Application filed December 27, 1922. Serial No. 609,296.

V stove or furnace to collect ashes and having means for coupling it with a rotatable sifting element mounted in a closable housing, whereby the sifting operation can be carried on without creating any dust and further to overcome the necessity of shoveling or handling the ashes, otherwise than that as stated, when it is desired to sift them.

A further object of the invention is to provide in a manner as hereinafter set forth,

an ash sifter including an ash collecting tray or pan capable ofbeing detachably connected to and further when connected forming a continuation of a sifting elementand providing a tray or pan for not only collecting the ashes from the stove or furnace, but also constituting a receptacle for holding the ashes during the sifting operation, as well as providing a container for the ashes after they have been sifted.

Further objects of the invention are to provide an ash sifter which is simple in its construction and arrangement, strong durable, compact, efficient and convenient in its use, readily assembled, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter more'specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications can be resorted to which fall within the scope of the claims hereunto appended. v

In the drawings wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view of an ash sifter in accordance with this invention. f

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, broken away,

with the enclosinghousing for the sifting element open.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of an ash shifter 1n accordance with this invention, further illustrating 1n dotted lines the top of ithe enclosing housing swung to open posiion.

.Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view, partly insection, illustrating the ash tray or pan con nected with the siftingelement.

An ash sifter in accordance with this in- .vention comprises a housing consisting of a body portion 1, which is open at its top. Supporting legs Q depend from thebody portion 1, and removably mounted within the body portion 1, is acollecting receptacle 8 for receiving the sifted material from the ashes during the sifting operation. The re ceptacle 3 has each end thereof provided with a hand grip or handle 4:. a

The body portion 1, as well as the receptacle 3, is constructed of sheet metal, and the upper portion of the body 1 is bent upon itself to provide an outwardly extending con tinuous flange 5, and also for the purpose of reinforcing the upper end of the body portion 1.-

The 'housingis rectangular in contour, and

not only includes the body portion 1, but

also a 'lidor cover 6, which is hinged, as at -7, to the flange 5 arranged at the rear of the 'body portion 1. The lid or cover 6 is formed with a flange 8 which seats on the flange 5 and is also provided with a hand grip 9 to facilitate the opening of the lid or cover (i when occasion requires.

Each end of the lid or cover '6, has .-projecting inwardly therefrom, an eye '10, to

i which is attached a flexible el ment 11, the

latter being also connected as at 12 with the 7 'body portion 1, and the flexible members 11,

which are in the form of chains, limit the opening movements of the lid or'cover 6.

The ash tray or pan whichis adapted to be positioned in a stove or furnace for the purpose of collecting the ashes, comprises a bottom 13, a pair of side walls 14,15, and a pair of end walls 16, 17. The ash trayor pan is preferably stamped from' a single piece of sheet metal and i of flaring contour, and each of its'end walls has secured to its outer face a hand grip or handle 18. Each of the end walls of the ash tray or pan is furthermore provided with a series and inwardly inclined split rim 21 which is somewhat resilient. The rim 21 is employed for detachably connecting the sifting element with the ash tray or pan so that the said element and-pan will be coupled together during the sifting operation which ishad by revolving the sifting element within the housing.

The sifting element consists of a pair of end plates 22, 23, each formed with an inwardly extending flange 25. Mounted upon the flange 25 as well as overlapping the front of an end plate, is an angle-shaped member 26, and positioned against the inner face of the flange 25 is a channelshaped member 27. The flange 25, and members 26 and 27 are fixedly sec 'lred together by a series of hold fast devices 28. Arranged between the end plates 22 and 23 and extendei into the channel-shaped member 27, is a to raminous element 29 and which is secured in position by the hold fast devices 28.

Each of the end plates 22, 23, has its lower end formed with an outwardly extending flange 30 and secured to each side of the element 29, at the ends thereof, and interposed between the members 27, is an angle shaped member 31. Hold fast devices 32 employed for securing the angle-shaped member 31 in position. The flanges 30, in connection with the angle-shap'ed members 31, are employed for detachaloly connecting the sifting element to the ash pan or tray, and the said flanges and members 31 cooperate with the run 21, in

a manner as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, to detachably connect the sifting elements to the ash pan or tray.

The end plate 22, as well as the end plate 23, is provided with a hand grin or handle 33, and each of said end plates is furthermore provided with an opening 34:, having. registering therewith a bearing 35, secured to the end plate by hold fast devices 36. Extended through the sifting element and also through the bearings 35, is an operating shaft 37, which is fixedly secured to said sifter'element by the set screws 38, carried by the bearings 35. One end of the shaft 37 is extended to provide a crank or handle 39, and the other end is extended through a slot 40 in one end of the lid or cover The shaft 37 also extends through a slot llformed in the other end of the lid or cover.

Connected to each of the end. plates of the sifting element as at 42, is a flexible member 43, carrying 'a h'oldingdevice n, adapted to engage over the top of the body portion 1,

to arrest rotative movement of the sifting element.

It will be assumed that the ash pan or tray, has been positioned within a stove or furnace, and 'a body of ashes collected there in, the tray or pan is then removed, and the sifting element coupled therewitlnthe sifting element is then mounted within 3 the housing 1, at the top thereof, slots 1-5 being provided for the reception of the shaft 31',

the sifting element and ash tray, after the lid or cover has been moved to closed position, is revolved within the housing, thereby sifting the ashes, the sifted particles being collected in the receptacle 3. The sifting operation under such conditions will'bo carried on without creating dirt 'After the ashes have been sifted, the sifting element and ash tray are removed from. the housing,

disconnected from each other, and the con-' tents of the ash tray or pan removed. The tray is then placed in position to collect another body of ashes. The sifting element mounted upon the body portion 1 and retained in an upright position by the holding devices 44 lVhen the receptacle 3 is filled from the material discharged from the sifting ele-v rnent and ash tray during the sifting opera- 7 tion, it is removed from the body portion 1,

into the apparatus, due to the fact that theapparatus includes an ash tray or panwhich can be positioned in a stove to collect the ashes, and after which coupled to the sifting element, and although the preferred embodiment of the invention is as shown, yetit is to be understood that changes'in the do tails of. the construction can be had without departingfrom the spirit of the invention as claimed.

lVhat is claimed is 1. An ash sifter comprising a siftingelement including a pair of end plates, bearings projecting outwardly from said plates, a shaft extending through said bearings and elements and rotatably supported on said housing and providing means forrotating said sifting element, an ash tray,'a plurality of angle-shaped members projecting outwardly from the bottomof said plates, and.

a split laterally extending flange arranged at the top of said tray and formed with an 1nwardly extending resilient rim .frictionally engaging the said members for detachably connecting the tray with the sifting element whereby the tray will be bodily revolvedf with said element. y

2. An ash sifter comprising a sitting 'element including a pair of end plates,' bearings projecting outwardly from said plates, a shaftextending through said bearings and elements and rotatably supported on said housing and providing means for rotating said sifting element, an ash tray, a plurality of angle-shaped members projecting outwardly from the bottom of said plates, a split laterally extending flange arranged at the top of said tray and formed with an inwardly extending resilient rim frictionally engaging the said members for detachably connecting the tray with the sifting element whereby the tray will be bodily revolved with said element, and means carried by the plates and engaging with the housing to arrest rotative movement of the sifting element.

3. An ash sifter comprising a sifting element including a pair of end plates, bearings projecting outwardly from said plates, a shaft extending through said bearings and elements and rotatably supported on said housing and providing means for rotating said sifting element, an ash tray, a plurality of angle-shaped members projecting outwardly from the bottom of said plates, and a split laterally extending flange arranged at the top of said tray and formed with an inwardly extending resilient rim frictionally engaging the said members for detachably connecting the tray with the sifting element whereby the tray will be bodily revolved with said element, said sifting element in said tray being of oval contour in cross section and one forming a continuation of the other when connected together.

l. An ash sifter comprising a sifting element including a pair of end plates, bearings projecting outwardly from said plates, a shaft extending through said bearings and elements and rotatably supported on said housing and providing means for rotating engaging the said members for detaohably.

connecting the tray with the sifting element 7 whereby the tray will be bodily revolved with said element, and means carried by the plates and engaging with the housing to arrest rotative movement of the sifting element, said element and said tray being ovalshaped in cross'section and one forming a continuation of the other when connected together.

5. An ash sifter comprising a siftingelement including a pair of end plates, bearings projecting outwardly from said'plates. a shaft extending through said bearings and elements and rotatably supported on said housing and providing means for rotating said sifting element, an ash tray, a plurality of angle-shaped members projecting outwardly from the bottom of said plates, a split laterally extending flange arranged at the top of said tray and formed with an inwardly extending resilient rim frictionally engaging the said members for detachably connecting the tray with the sifting element whereby the tray will be bodily revolved. with said element,a handle projecting from each of said plates near the top thereof, and a handle projecting from each end of said tray and arranged below said angle-shaped members. a

In testimony whereof I affix my signature hereto.

OTTO MEYER. 

